Computer simulation is used well in historical architecture restoration and research in a small scale for a long time, and should be used in a larger scale to represent a city, especially a disappeared city. Therefore how to utilize computers to coordinate both architectural and cultural data of a city becomes an important issue. This study takes Chang-an City that existed 1400 years ago but disappeared now as example and tries to develop a computerized and visualized method to simulate and realize a disappeared city and it’s life. Finally, we represent simulations in a virtual reality cave (VR Cave) to make navigators evolving in and interacting with the virtual Chang-An City.

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